Monday, August 15, 2011

Stained Glass in a Headboard

Now this was an unusual project. We've never done a headboard before.
The friend who came to pick it up was afraid it might get broken in his pickup truck. So the clients called around. Top bid was $1800 by a moving company. They would build a wooden crate, pack it up in bubble wrap and ship it the 10 miles to their home.

Uhaul would rent a truck for $250 and sell them wrapping and packing materials for another $250.

While our client talked to me on the phone (she was a talker) I measured my trailer and discovered that it would fit (just barely) with a few modifications.

So I bought plywood, cut it to 6 feet, screwed it to the trailer and then layered 1" foam, the bed frame and more 1" foam and then used bungee cords to secure the load. I delivered it the next day. They were shocked that I showed up fifteen minutes after I called.

It got there safe and sound and looked great!

2 comments:

Decorative Glass said...

It seems very nice. I like to know about your project. It is very Creative. Nice Sharing!
Stained Glass

Amika said...

What an interesting application for stained glass.